Motivated, reproducing, applied Bible reading: The Swedish Method

  • Peter (Pedro) Blowes
  • 23 May 2015

Bible reading with ready ears and an open heart is engaging and fruitful. There’s something fresh about letting God speak for himself, especially when you search the Bible yourself, making the effort to hear.

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The gift of accepting help

  • Laura Denny
  • 8 July 2019

My natural self wants to be independent and self-sufficient; not only is that impossible, it’s also stubbornly prideful.

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Getting ready to forgive

  • David Mears
  • 26 June 2015

"Do we have to forgive people who aren't sorry?" How would you respond? Our instinct can be to rush in with some kind of ‘yes/no’ answer. What we may fail to do is consider whether or not answering the question as asked is the most helpful response.

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Down-under round-up, 24 June 2015

  • Sandy Grant
  • 24 June 2015

Charleston, forgiveness and safety, the idolatry of guns, making disciples, serving in your local church without going under, the conversion of the wallet, the Proverbs 31 man, how the church can help gay young people, how to be a welcoming and biblical church, and the GoThereFor 2.0 launch.

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Why I'm stopping students doing walk-up evangelism

  • Mikey Lynch
  • 5 February 2018

I find myself saying, “Yes, you can do some more scary and exciting walk-up evangelism… but could you please not do it now?”

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Down-under round-up: 17 June 2015

  • Sandy Grant
  • 17 June 2015

This isn’t what everyone is talking about, and I’m a little late to the read myself, but this is an essential article for discussion amongst ministry or eldership teams. Pastors, find someone to talk it over with, please: The pattern among fallen pastors by Garrett Kell.

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Cross-shaped mission (statements)

  • Tony Payne
  • 16 June 2015

What we believe deep down always bubbles to the surface, whether in an idle word or in the way we behave. In particular, what we believe theologically will inevitably be expressed not only through what we say but in how we do things. And when we behave inconsistently with our stated convictions, it reveals the struggle that goes on within all of us below the surface—the struggle to believe the truth.

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Kindergarten apologetics

  • Benjamin Swift
  • 15 July 2019

How can we best help children to subdivide their grey matter for Christ? Today’s kids are bombarded with more information than any previous generation; will their minds be mapping the truth of Christ or building neural pathways to secular wisdom?

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Down-under round-up: 10 June 2015

  • Sandy Grant
  • 10 June 2015

I’m reversing the order this week, since ‘for better or worse’ the issue of last week won’t go away, but tends to take the spotlight off our positive gospel work.

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MiniZine: Facing Depression Together (PDF Download)

  • Paul Grimmond

This 'MiniZine' helps you think about and discuss together the increasingly important topic of depression.

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